4R Ranch

Just a few more days before Joe leaves out with Emily and Keiran for their epic hike.  The Long Trail got changed to the Shenandoah portion ...

Today I photographed all the animals except for Kit Kat.   When I walked to the barn to feed Draper, her and Golden Boy (not his real name y...

It was a disappointing year for kidding.  Several nannies ended up being open.  Half of the ones that did kid only had singles.  We only had...

The goats started kidding on the twelfth.  We have had several singles,  A couple of sets of twins,  And today our first set of triplets.  S...

This time it is for the goats not the horses.  The due date for kidding to start is April 14.  But Joe has carried enough early kids from th...

There has been a lot going on recently. Having Otoelene’s shoes reset was at the bottom of the list. She was over 3 weeks past due and had l...

We got about 6 inches of snow on top of the ice last night and today.  With just snow, the animals can usually paw or push it out of the way...

This morning I went out with Joe to move the 10 cows out of the horse field.  Unfortunately, they were at the top of the hill.  But the morn...

Remember the metal goats from my walk in Brevard? I saw them on several people's porches in just a small neighborhood.   Well, the trend...

You may or may not recall that back in September I purchased a needle felting kit at the G.O.A.T. Festival.  Well, tonight I decided to open...

Friday before heading to the beach, we rounded up the goats.  Most had actually been staying down in a hollow, hopefully eating weeds and ro...

The wet summer was good for plants but it was also great for worms. Even though we dewormed the goats the first of August we still ended up ...